He said he was off his medications and drinking vodka on the day of the incident. In Douglass Park, Wilkinson approached a 15-year-old male who was playing basketball. Wilkinson made multiple solicitations of the boy for sexual acts.

When the teen ran for home, Wilkinson chased him.

Police Officer Chip Hovarter took Wilkinson into custody for soliciting a minor for immoral purposes — and Wilkinson proceeded to ask the officer for sex on the way to the jail.

That was an example of Wilkinson's psychological difficulties according to defense attorney Bill Renner.

"He will come out of prison worse than he is now. He will be preyed upon in prison," Renner said.

"I don’t know how much worse he can get," Kimble said. "Prisons are filled with people with mental issues."

With 40 convictions on his record — many for minor disturbances — Wilkinson is a convicted sex offender. Kimble said half the population feel those who seek out children for sex should be given the death penalty.

"He needs to be out of society," Kimble reiterated.

Wilkinson claimed he was delusional the day he was arrested.

"When I approached (the victim) I was not molesting. It was all verbal. I was simply out to mess with someone," he said. "It was all in my head."

O’Grady said the crime’s details "are concerning, scary, shocking."

Wilkinson had been sent to the state forensic hospital and was found to have mental issues but to be competent to stand trial.